How to mass delete index entries

[Greg Maxey]

dcausey,

To delete all XE fields, go to Edit, Replace, and put "^d XE" in the Find
text box not including the quotation marks, and nothing in the replace Text
box, and then click Replace All.

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Greg Maxey
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dcausey wrote:
> Is there any way to select and delete all the index entries (i.e. {
> XE "..." }) in a file? I have about 9,000 entries to remove and it
> is prohibitive to do each one by hand.

[Jay Freedman]

First turn on the ś button on the toolbar so you can see the index
field codes (they're formatted as Hidden text). In the Replace dialog,
enter this in the Find What box:

^19 XE

(note the space between the 9 and the X). Click Replace All.

The code ^19 represents the left field brace, and the XE limits the
search to index fields. When the left field brace is selected, the
entire field is automatically selected, and it's then replaced with
nothing.

"dcausey" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is there any way to select and delete all the index entries (i.e. { XE "..." }) in a file? I have about 9,000 entries to remove and it is prohibitive to do each one by hand.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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